Jane Davenport NEW Artomology - Making Faces blog hop

Hello, crafty friends! If you’re new and here for the Jane Davenport blog hop, welcome. Today I’m honored to be participating in the Spellbinders, Jane Davenport NEW Artomology - Making Faces blog hop. Jane is one of my favorite artist and I love her products so I’m thrilled to a part of the hop. I’ve created two cards and one mixed media layout that I’m sharing.

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 7th 11:59 pm EDT. Winners will be announced in our blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.

For my first card, I used Jane’s stamp set Free Spirit along with her fantastic Colorsticks. I used two pieces of watercolor paper cut to card size and using the Soul Window Colorsticks I colored directly onto both pieces using the colors bright future, brassy locks, canoodle and heart eyes. I created a pattern of scallops using the heart eyes red and canoodle orange along the bottom. I used one of Jane’s Magnetic Personality Brushes and added a little bit of water to blend the Colorsticks together. Next, on one of the watercolor pieces I stamped the figure of the girl and cut her out. On the other watercolored piece, I stamped my sentiment and an image from the Mindful Pause stamp set which I stamped in yellow and orange ink. I used some foam tape to adhere the figure of the girl to my card front.

For my second card, I used the stamp set Mix & Match. The illustrated faces in this set are wonderful because they can be used in so many ways, stamped onto paper and colored as is or used as a starting point like the photos below of my mixed media layout. In this case I stamped the faces onto a piece of watercolor paper and using the Colorsticks sets, Soul Window and Silky Skin I scribbled the colors I wanted to use to color the faces onto a piece of scrap paper and using a watercolor brush added water and just like that you can use them like a watercolor paint. For my card base, I again used the Colorsticks and watercolored on three circles of color, brassy locks, baby blues and flourish then used the baby blues and flourish sticks directly on the card to add dots of color within the circles. Once that was dry I stamped my sentiment from the Free Spirit set and adhered my painted faces, popping up the lower right face with foam tape.

I had so much fun creating this mixed media layout using Jane’s incredible products! Like so many people out there, I love swatching colors of the art/craft products that I own so this little journal that I have is where I’ve swatched Jane’s Colorstick sets. You can see my last layout here where I used more blues and cool colors. For this layout, I used the Mix & Match stamp set and stamped just the one face and used it as a starting point. In the bottom right corner, I swatched the Colorsticks, pout, french kiss, pucker up, eccentric and deep vain and added water to activate them. I used all of these colors to watercolor my background, adding texture by coloring directly over watercolored areas. I drew on how I wanted the her hair to flow and then watercolored it in using the eccentric colorstick. After that I stamped the cloud image from the Mindful Pause set in the upper left corner. I used the Birthday Suit and Palette Pastels to add color and shading to her face and the Chilled and Mineral Eyes Palette Pastels to add color to her hair and background. I stamped the Free Spirit sentiment from the stamp set and used the hot vinyl Ultimate pen for her hair and other areas on my layout. I also added highlights by using the unicorn paint over pens. I die cut some silver metallic paper using the Queen for a Day die and adhered it on her head then used the beautiful Silver Screen pen on her eyelids and the clouds in the background.

Jane is currently offering a FREE Making Faces Workshop as a thank you to her loyal fans, her Making Faces By Jane Davenport Starter Kit Bundle makes it easy to have the supplies you need to get started in the online workshop.

Join Jane as she celebrates the global release of her groundbreaking Making Faces collection. Each of these beauty inspired art supplies offer myriad creative tricks! The Making Faces Workshop is an online art class. This means you can tune in when convenient, enjoy the lessons at your own pace, rewind as needed and learn in your pajamas if that’s what suits you!

Be sure to stop and comment at each of the talented blog hop participants below for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate.

Spellbinders

Jane Davenport 

Mayline Jung

Kate Palmer 

Claudia White

Kathy Racoosin

Kathleen Graumüller

Bibi Cameron 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Laura Volpes 

Amy Rysavy

Svitlana Shayevich 

Lynn Kramer-Put 

Marie Heiderscheit 

Yana Smakula

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Hello Friend - CTD549

Hello, crafty friends! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge.

 For my card, I used the cute Hello Bluebird stamp set Garden Friends along with the Garden Friends dies to create a thinking of you card. To create my card, I used a circle die to die cut a circle into a piece of white card stock the same size as my card and added foam tape to the back side of it. For my card base, I used some tumbled glass and salty ocean distress oxide ink and blended them in the area where the circle cut out would be. I used my Misti tool to stamp my sentiment from the Cheery Greetings stamp set along with the music notes. I stamped all of my images (a few from the Fairy Garden set and dies) and colored them using Copic markers then die cut them out. I attached my top circle cutout piece to my card base then added all of my images, popping up the blue bird and butterfly with foam tape. I also added a few iridescent sequins for a little bling.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen
  Alicia Thelin - June Guest Designer

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Have a Toadally Awesome Birthday - Day 3 Card Series

Hello! Today I have the final card in a small card series using the Lawn Fawn stamp set  Toadally Awesome. If you’d like to see details about card 1 & 2 you can click here and here. The card I’m sharing today is a birthday card using these adorable frogs.

 To create my card, I used the Toadally Awesome stamp set and coordinating dies along with the Peekaboo Backdrop die. I used Copic markers to color all of my images and blended on some tumbled glass and salty ocean distress oxide ink using a cloud stencil for my background. I used the Grassy Hillside Borders along with the  Stitched Hillside Borders  dies to create my pond and blended on more distress oxide inks in salty ocean and lucky clover. For my sentiment, I stamped the toad ally awesome onto an Everyday Sentiment Banners and the rest directly onto my card background. I used the Chit Chat stamp set and Chit Chat die and stamped the speech bubble with the ribbit inside.To add some dimension, I popped up four of the frogs and the dragonfly with foam tape.

Mermaid for You - CTD548

Hello there! I’m hostess for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge #548!  I chose some mermalicious colors for all of us to create with after I found this fun mermaid cupcake inspiration photo with it’s mermaid tail and delicious colors. I hope you'll like creating with the colors Pink, Aqua, Lavender and Mint for this week's challenge and I hope they inspire you to create something special.

 This was such a fun card to create using these pastel colors! I usually don’t use pastels that often but I like this combination. To create my card I used the Lawn Fawn stamp set Mermaid for You. I just purchased the Peekaboo Backdrop die recently because I’ve seen so many cute cards created with it, so I decide to used it for my card today. To create my background, I used tumbled glass, cracked pistachio, broken china and a little picked raspberry distress oxide ink and used a wave stencil. After that I watered down some white craft paint and added some spatters. I die cut some mint julep card stock and along the bottom blended on some cracked pistachio and lucky clover distress oxide ink. The sentiment, smaller seaweed and bubbles are from the Seahorsin’ Around set and dies and I stamped the sentiment onto a Simple Wavy Banners. For the sandy ocean bottom, I used the Stitched Hillside Borders die and some kraft card stock. For the other fish I used the stamp sets You are Sublime and dies and Fintastic Friends and dies and I colored all of my images with Copic markers.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen
  Alicia Thelin - June Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Toadally Awesome Center Picture Window Card - Day Two

 Hi there! I’m here today to share the second card in a series of cards I created using the Lawn Fawn stamp set Toadally Awesome. Today’s card is a Center Picture Window card with a birthday theme.

 I used the adorable frogs from the Toadally Awesome stamp set along with the coordinating dies as well as the  Center Picture Window Card die for something fun and unexpected to the recipient. I also used the Stitched Hillside Borders die for the water and the Grassy Hillside Borders die for the front and center of the card. I used the Party Animal stamp set with the coordinating dies for the party hats and used Copic markers to color all of my images. I used the distress oxide inks tumbled glass, salty ocean and lucky clover for blending the sky and grass.

Have a Toadally Awesome Father’s Day

 Hello! I’m popping in today to share the card that I created for my husband for Father’s Day which was yesterday. This card is also the first in a series of cards that I created using the Toadally Awesome stamp set by Lawn Fawn.

Some stamp sets and dies I’ve used but haven’t used enough so sometimes I like to go back and find a set like that and create a batch of cards using it like the Toadally Awesome stamp set and coordinating dies along with the Bayou Backdrop that goes so perfectly with this set. I also used the Grassy Hillside Borders die and the Everyday Sentiment Banners die for part of my sentiment. I colored my images using Copic markers and for some depth I used the distress oxide inks tumbled glass and lucky clover.

Stop by tomorrow when I’ll be sharing my next Toadally Awesome card!

Happy Purrthday - Birthday Before ’n Afters - CTD547

Hello, hello! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge. This week we have the colors yellow, orange, hot pink and green to create with, perfect for creating those summer birthday cards.

 For my card, I used the new Lawn Fawn Birthday Before ’n Afters stamp set along with the coordinating dies to create a birthday card for someone special who loves cats. I used the Magic Picture Changer and Magic Picture Changer Add-On dies with the cake image from the Birthday Before ’n Afters set. I stamped and masked both cake images and blended on some tumbled glass and lucky clover distress oxide ink. I used some Doodlebug Design Dot Stripe Rainbow paper along with some yellow Spring Fling paper. I die cut the green paper using the Grassy Hillside Borders die and blended on some lucky clover oxide ink along the edges. Next I used the Simple Wavy Banners die and die cut it from white card stock and stamped my sentiment from the Meow You Doin’ set. I stamped several of the cat images from the Meow You Doin’ set and colored them with Copic markers, then die cut them out using the Meow You Doin’ dies. After that I used the new Say What Pets stamp set and dies for the smallest cat and speech bubble. For the balloons, I used the Party Animal stamp set and dies.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen
  Alicia Thelin - June Guest Designer

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Hope You Have a Sublime Birthday - CTD546

Hello! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge. Before I get to my card, I’d like to welcome this month’s Color Throwdown Guest Designer, Alicia Thelin.

 For my card, I used the new Lawn Fawn Center Picture Window Card die and Center Picture Window Card Add-on die along with some fun underwater stamp sets to create a birthday card. I started out by die cutting all of my pieces for the Center Picture Window card and then blended on some tumbled glass and peacock feathers distress oxide ink along the main pieces. Next I stamped images from the You are Sublime stamp set and colored them with Copic markers, then die cut them out using the You are Sublime dies. I also used images from the Mermaid for You stamp set and dies and from the Fintastic Friends set and dies. I used some kraft card stock and the Stitched Hillside Borders dies to create a sandy bottom for my ocean card and blended on some walnut stain distress oxide ink along the edges.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen
  Alicia Thelin - June Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.